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My two best friends are bloggers, and to be honest, they are the reason I started putting my small pieces of writing online. Before living with them at uni, I asked the question ‘who would want to read my writing?’ I believed that somehow my stories and experiences were less relevant and less important than the thousands of blogs already released...

“So, what roles can I do?” “Where’s the line?” “What’s okay?” Drama students always ask me these questions and for ages, I asked them as well. But I've realized we’re asking the wrong questions. It’s not so much a question of what can I get away with, how close can I get to the line, will I get in trouble with...

Have you ever had one of those moments where you realise how weird a totally normal part of life is? Like, how weird is sleeping?! You’re purposely pretty much unconscious for 8 hours, bundled up horizontally with lots of soft things, and most of us have to be in the dark. Glorious, but weird. What about with your faith? There can...

Over the last couple of months I have released twelve blogs* unpacking the key factors that contribute to students coming to faith in Jesus whilst at university in England today. If you've missed them, where have you been? They're all live and out there on this site so do make sure you've read them for a more in-depth look at...

Before I started university, I had a 7 week summer holiday. I had little to no experience with cooking meals, so my mum did the maths and worked out that there were 7 days in a week, 7 weeks in a summer, and therefore she could teach me a meal a week to ensure I didn’t starve or live off...

One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is the impact of Sunday preaching.* This final key factor in students coming to faith was one I hadn't expected. Turns out, our Sunday preaching matters! It’s not the most important thing in a student coming to faith, but it actually makes a real difference and three quarters of the students I...

You don’t need to be broken to be an actor When I was at drama school there was a toilet that was infamous for being the breakdown toilet. People would run out classes in floods of tears and you could be sure that they would have run up the stairs to the big toilet next to the library. I shed many...